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[quote=Anonymous]When I was in high school in the 80's the big issue for the school administration was drugs ("Just say no!").      While well-intentioned, the rules were often dogmatic and unrealistic ("Marijuana leads directly to heroin!.")    
 Kids would push the edge by bringing in fake marijuana plants, or drug paraphernalia and receive extreme punishments.

MCPS has well-intentioned rules to make sure that everyone feels welcome at school.     These Churchill kids pushed the edge.     They never said the N-word but only passed an Internet form that said "N-word" and otherwise did not make any derogatory comments to anyone.     I suppose in more prudish times they would have had the same effect by passing a card that gave them permission to use the four letter F word.

The big to-do over this also hurts AA students at the school (well at least mine), who are made to feel like the villains, for making severe trouble for their classmates.    I would have given the kids a one-day suspension, and saved the severe penalties for whoever is drawing swastikas.[/quote]

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